Leadership
Our Board and Management have decades of turnaround, M&A, subsurface and operations experience at some of the world’s largest energy companies, experience which will be utilised to deliver on Zephyr’s vision – to open up the next prolific onshore U.S. oil and gas play.
Growth in shareholder value is a key focus. Our Board and affiliates have purchased more than 10% of Zephyr’s outstanding shares and are aligned with all shareholders.
Rick Grant
Non-executive Chairman
Rick has a 40-year track record of success in the oil and gas industry. Rick is co-founder and Chairman of Origin Creek Energy LLC (“OCE”). OCE makes $2-$20 million foundational investments in the domestic US energy sector. The firm’s capital is provided by its partners and two affiliated family offices.
Prior to OCE, Rick was CEO of Suez North America LNG and then served as CEO of Suez Global LNG (“Suez LNG”). During his tenure, Suez LNG grew from an initial US$680 million acquisition of Cabot LNG (where Rick previously served as President), into the world’s third largest liquefied natural gas business, one active across the entire global natural gas chain from upstream production through to distribution to end-users. Before his time at Cabot, Rick was President of Mountaineer Gas, the largest natural gas distribution company in West Virginia (which also held a sizable upstream portfolio). During his career, Rick has had significant success managing multi-billion dollar organisations and developments, and has been involved in a number of profitable corporate exits.
Colin Harrington
Chief Executive Officer
Colin is the CEO of Zephyr Energy, having previously served as the Company’s Executive Chairman. Colin began his career in energy finance in 1998, and previously worked in New York, London, Washington DC and San Francisco. Over the course of his investment banking and investment management career, he has had significant experience executing recapitalizations and turnarounds at natural resource companies.
Prior to Zephyr, Colin served as CEO of Origin Creek Energy, a special situations investor in the onshore US oil and gas sector. Prior to that, Colin was Managing Partner of the Wellford Energy Group and former CEO of Wellford Capital Markets, a FINRA-registered broker dealer boutique which specialized in the energy markets. Colin also served as Senior Vice President of Energy Investment Banking at FBR Group in San Francisco and was head of the energy investment banking group at FBR International Limited in London.
Colin is passionate about land and watershed conservation, and has been involved with restoration and preservation efforts in both Colorado and Maryland. He holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. from Colby College, was a Hansard Scholar at the London School of Economics and is an alumnus of the National Outdoor School of Leadership (NOLS). At present, he also serves as a Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee at The Key School, a non-profit PK-12 independent school in Maryland.
Chris Eadie
Group Finance Director and Company Secretary
Chris is an experienced Finance Director with extensive corporate finance experience within both public and private companies in the natural resources sector.
Chris qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers after which he held a number of senior finance positions at Cable and Wireless PLC.
Prior to joining Zephyr, Chris was, amongst other things, Finance Director of AIM listed Aurum Mining PLC, and was involved in the wholesale restructuring of the Company into Shearwater Group PLC, the AIM listed cybersecurity and risk management company.
Gordon Stein
Non-executive Director
Gordon Stein is a commercial CFO with over 30 years of expertise in the energy, natural resources and other sectors. A member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy, Gordon is currently
CFO of CleanTech Lithium plc, an exploration and development company advancing the next generation of sustainable lithium projects in Chile.
Previously, Gordon was the CFO and an Executive Director of Columbus Energy Resources plc, an AIM-traded oil and gas company, CFO of AIM traded Madagascar Oil Limited and has also been CFO of Cadogan Petroleum plc an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company with onshore gas and condensate assets in Ukraine. Prior to that, Gordon held a number of other roles in the energy sector at start-ups to major companies.
Tom Reynolds
Non-executive Director
Tom is a chartered Chemical Engineer with 25 years’ experience in the energy sector spanning executive management of private and public E&P companies, private equity investment and advising early stage companies.
Tom led two public E&P companies between 2008-2016 – Bridge Energy ASA and Iona Energy Inc. – providing him with a broad range of North Sea experience including cross border mergers, IPOs, acquisitions & disposals, the Nordic bond market, debt restructuring and investor relations in London, Oslo and Toronto. Previously, Tom joined the oil and gas investment team of 3i in 2003 where he led the origination and assessment of E&P opportunities in the North Sea and internationally. Tom is also the former CEO of Scirocco Energy.
Colin Harrington
Chief Executive Officer
Colin is the CEO of Zephyr Energy, having previously served as the Company’s Executive Chairman. Colin began his career in energy finance in 1998, and previously worked in New York, London, Washington DC and San Francisco. Over the course of his investment banking and investment management career, he has had significant experience executing recapitalizations and turnarounds at natural resource companies.
Prior to Zephyr, Colin served as CEO of Origin Creek Energy, a special situations investor in the onshore US oil and gas sector. Prior to that, Colin was Managing Partner of the Wellford Energy Group and former CEO of Wellford Capital Markets, a FINRA-registered broker dealer boutique which specialized in the energy markets. Colin also served as Senior Vice President of Energy Investment Banking at FBR Group in San Francisco and was head of the energy investment banking group at FBR International Limited in London.
Colin is passionate about land and watershed conservation, and has been involved with restoration and preservation efforts in both Colorado and Maryland. He holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a B.A. from Colby College, was a Hansard Scholar at the London School of Economics and is an alumnus of the National Outdoor School of Leadership (NOLS). At present, he also serves as a Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee at The Key School, a non-profit PK-12 independent school in Maryland.
Chris Eadie
Group Finance Director and Company Secretary
Chris is an experienced Finance Director with extensive corporate finance experience within both public and private companies in the natural resources sector.
Chris qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers after which he held a number of senior finance positions at Cable and Wireless PLC.
Prior to joining Zephyr, Chris was, amongst other things, Finance Director of AIM listed Aurum Mining PLC, and was involved in the wholesale restructuring of the Company into Shearwater Group PLC, the AIM listed cybersecurity and risk management company.
Andy Lee
Chief Financial Officer (U.S.)
- Andy has over 25 years of energy experience and began his career as a drilling engineer for ExxonMobil working in Wyoming, West Texas, Gulf of Mexico, and Norway. He later moved to the finance side of the industry where he worked in roles such as public equity analyst, private equity investor and M&A principal.
- Most recently, Andy was President and co-founder of Cat Canyon Resources, at which he raised $80MM to acquire and develop U.S. onshore assets. Under his tenure, Cat Canyon commenced an active horizontal drilling programs and grew from California’s 19th largest oil company to the 10th largest in less than four years.
- Andy holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Political Science from MIT and an MBA from The Wharton School.
Gregor Maxwell
Chief Operating Officer
- PhD in Reservoir Geology, 25 years experience spanning production to new ventures roles.
- Previous roles with Apache, Rocksource and Chevron. Now responsible for spearheading ZPHR analytics and technical approach.
Jorge Gutierrez
EVP General Counsel
- Jorge has oversight of the Company’s legal affairs.
- He previously worked for over 15 years in private practice in Dallas, Texas with an emphasis in representing private and publicly traded companies operating in the upstream and midstream sectors of the energy industry. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.
Ryan Walter
VP of Operations
- Prior to joining Zephyr, Ryan worked for over a decade at Whiting Petroleum (now Chord Energy) where he served in various roles including drilling engineer, reservoir/reserves engineer, senior operations engineer and joint interest supervisor.
- Over the course of his career, he has worked in multiple Rocky Mountain regions with particular emphasis on the Williston Basin.
- Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University
Heather Hatfield
Chief Accounting Officer
- Prior to joining Zephyr Heather served as the Chief Accounting Officer at Cat Canyon Resources, LLC. from June 2019 to October 2023. She served as Controller at Elk Petroleum from 2018 to 2019. From 2014 to 2018 she served as Chief Accounting Officer at Venoco, LLC and from 2013 to 2014 she served as Internal Audit Director at Venoco. Heather began her career in public accounting and worked at Grant Thornton from 2008 until 2013 in various roles, including, Advisory Services Senior Manager.
- Heather is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and accounting from Western State College of Colorado and a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Denver.
